Native Species
This native species is about 5 feet tall on all four legs.
What is the black bear?
This level of the food chain consumes vegetation only.
What are primary consumers?
We found these two invasive species at Johnstown High School.
What are common reed and garlic mustard?
This is how we prepare boats so that they do not infest lakes with invasive species.
What is a boat wash?
This is the type of material we are talking about when we talk about bioaccumulation.
What is a toxin?
This is the definition of native species.
What is a species that is endemic to an area? (from there)
This level of the food chain has no natural predators.
What are apex predators?
What was the removal tecnique that we used to remove species that were found at Johnstown High School?
What is weeding/ ripping them out?
When planning a camping trip, you will have to purchase this flammable material when you get there because you should not transport it from one location to another.
What is firewood?
This food is commonly the area of focus for humans when discussing biomagnification.
The native species racoon are at this level of the pyramid (food chain).
What are secondary consumers?
This level of the food chain consumes species that only eat plant life.
What are secondary consumers?
We did not find this bright red invasive bush when we were walking around Johnstown High School.
What is the Burning Bush?
What is the root system?
This level of the food chain has the highest concentration of the biomagnified material.
What is the apex predator?
This native species carries out "worm stomping" to lure their prey.
What is the wood turtle?
This level of the food chain gets all of its energy from the sun.
What are producers?
These are the requirements for a species to be considered invasive.
What are not native to the area and are causing disturbance to the native species- population growing uncontrolled?
This removal method for invasive plants also prevents recurrence.
What is chemical treatment/ herbicides?
This level of the food chain has the lowest concentration of the substance being biomagnified.
What is the producer?
This native species has seen a 70% decrease in population recently. Planting milkweed can help the population regrow.
What is the monarch butterfly?
This is a food chain link that we did not discuss. At this level, species will break down dead materials into soil.
What are decomposers?
This native species is often found around garlic mustard at Johnstown High School, and is competing for the same resources.
What is clover?
Two was that invasive insects be treated.
What are insecticides or trapping?
In the Adirondack Lakes, this material is being biomagnified in the ecosystem.
What is mercury?